Elisa is a member of Clearbrook’s Investment Research Committee and as Managing Director she assists clients with their portfolios. Her background in Alternatives allows her to bring her Socratic skills to work with clients on how positioning alternatives can work as a risk mitigator and a surrogate to other asset classes.
Before Clearbrook, she was the co-founder and CIO of E Street Management, LLC. She worked closely with the CEO on position sizing and all business matters, including K1 and audit processes, fundraising, and general business management. Before E Street, Elisa was the Director of Research at New Legacy Group, LLC handling the sourcing and monitoring investments in all asset classes. She helped develop New Legacy’s Emerging Manager Fund and implemented their operational due diligence process.
She spent seven years as a Senior Analyst/Portfolio Manager at Tremont Capital Management, involved in global long and short equity, responsible for manager sourcing, analysis, due diligence, and managing funds.
Before Tremont, Elisa worked in public company investor relations, first as Vice President at The Financial Relations Board where she represented multiple clients, then Launch Media, an internet music site that was acquired by Yahoo.
Elisa was a Generalist Equity Analyst and Junior Portfolio Manager at Glickenhaus & Co. and started her career on the sell-side at Kidder, Peabody & Co.
Elisa earned a BA in Speech Communications and with a minor in Business from the University of Maryland. She currently serves on the investment committee for the Teachers College of Columbia University’s endowment.